My "why"

Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified. (1 Corinthians 9:24-27)

Have you ever asked yourself, "Why"? I often do. . . . about many things. The most intriguing why for me is "Why did God choose me? 

Why did He choose to save me, as wretched as I was and still can be today? Why did He give my wife and me the ministry He did when we were and are a mess? Why does He continue to bless us and call us to serve Him? Why is He so gracious?

The answer to all of these questions is why I never stop trying to please Him and why I never stop trying to convince others to trust Him! You see, my why is to live for His pleasure and not my own. 

Do not get me wrong: I do not deserve it at all. I above all people deserve hell. It is only by His grace that I am still on this earth. People do not always understand me and that's ok. So with the time I have left, my why is to serve God and to please Him above everyone and everything else!

Why are you here?